Philosophy Of Science And Methodology

By SOPHIA LOPEZ

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 1 2 AN INTERVIEW WITH MARIA REICHENBACH AND DAVID KAPLAN 7 PART I PHILOSOPHY OF FORMAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES 3 DEMARCATION OF THE LOGICAL CONSTANTS AND LOGICAL TRUTH IN TERMS OF ANALYTICITY 27 4 GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY AND THE 5TH TEST 39 5 IMPLICATIONS OF THE GEOMETRY OF QUANTUM MECHANICAL PERFECT CORRELATION FUNCTIONS CONCERNING BELL S THEOREM WITHOUT INEQUALITIES 59 PART II EPISTEMOLOGICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN SCIENCE 6 QUINE S ROBUST RELATIVISM 71 7 CONFIRMATION OF THEORETICAL HYPOTHESES BOOTSTRAPPING WITH A BAYESIAN FACE 87 8 IDEALIZATIONS AND APPROXIMATIONS IN SCIENCE AND THE BAYESIAN THEORY OF CONFIRMATION 103 9 REPEATED INDEPENDENT DISCOVERY AND OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE IN SCIENCE AN EXAMPLE FROM GEOLOGY 113 10 A STUDY ON THE HEURISTIC OF SACCHERI S EUCLIDES 137 PART III PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE AND MIND 11 DISCOVERY AND INOSTENSIBLE DE RE KNOWLEDGE 153 12 IMPLICATIONS OF THE SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS DISTINCTION FOR PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 163 13 COMPUTATION AND FUNCTIONALISM SYNTACTIC THEORY OF MIND REVISITED 177 PART IV CAUSES AND ACTION 14 CAUSATION PARTS AND PROPERTIES 207 15 CAUSAL RELATIONS IN HUME 217 16 HOW CAUSES CAN RATIONALIZE BELIEF DESIRE EXPLANATIONS OF A CTION 231